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The Anti corruption commission took the charges to court on 16 January 2012. [12] Khaleda Zia has filled a petition with the High Court to halt the proceedings of the Zia trust and orphanage case. [13] Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman are on bail in the case. Tarique has been staying in London since 2008. [14]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last corruption case against her, paving the way for her to run in elections that an interim government says will be held either in December or in the first half of 2026.
Begum Khaleda Zia [a] (born August–September 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician, who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. [3] She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world , after Benazir Bhutto .
In 2007, Military backed caretaker government charged Harris Chowdhury, former Political Secretary of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, of acquiring his wealth through corruption. Chowdhury was charged with involvement in the Murder of former finance minister, Shah AMS Kibria , in 2005. [ 44 ]
A court in Bangladesh sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's son and heir apparent on Wednesday to nine years in prison after finding the opposition leader guilty in a corruption case filed ...
Bangladesh's first female leader Khaleda Zia was freed from house arrest on Tuesday, a day after her nemesis Sheikh Hasina quit as premier and fled, one more twist to the decades-old saga of the ...
The imprisonment of BNP leader Khaleda Zia on corruption charges is seen by many [113] as a politically motivated move to weaken the opposition. [ 114 ] [ 115 ] Hasina's government has also cracked down on media freedom, using laws like the Digital Security Act to detain journalists and activists critical of the regime.
On 14 September 1996, the Bureau of Anti-Corruption (predecessor to the Anti-Corruption Commission) sued Tarique Rahman, son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, and four others over a loan taken by Dandy Dyeing Limited using false evaluation of assets. [8] Judge Mohammad Rezaul Karim Khan fixed January 2005 as the start of the trial for the case.